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You should have applied for Permanent resident Certificate as opposed to card, which you qualified for since 2007 as a result of having been living and exercising treaty rights in the UK for 5 years. After having been a permanent resident for a year, you qualify for naturalization.GeoUK wrote:Hi Guys,
I am a Italian citizen and I have been living in the UK since 2002. Just now, I have applied for my residence card.
Can I still apply for British Citizenship?
Cheers
Hi Obie,Obie wrote:You should have applied for Permanent resident Certificate as opposed to card, which you qualified for since 2007 as a result of having been living and exercising treaty rights in the UK for 5 years. After having been a permanent resident for a year, you qualify for naturalization.GeoUK wrote:Hi Guys,
I am a Italian citizen and I have been living in the UK since 2002. Just now, I have applied for my residence card.
Can I still apply for British Citizenship?
Cheers
As applying for Permanent Resident Certificate is not compulsory, i would think you qualify to apply for British citizenship at present.
You will need to provide evidence you have been living in the UK for the past 7 years as stated, and have been exercising treaty rights.
I also hope you have resolved the issues about the COA for your wife with the HO.
I wish you all the best
Fabulous Geo UK,GeoUK wrote:Obie,
I didn't know about EEA3 form. I Should have done more research about it before. Do you think I can still apply using EEA3 form? I can prove that i have been here for the past 7 years, i still have all my P45s and P60s.
Thanks
That is exactly my point Geo UK, as i stated earlier. The evidence you already have will suffice. But rather than carrying those evidence around, you just having a Permanent Resident Certificate will be a better proof with less hassle.GeoUK wrote:Thanks again Obie,
So this means that I don't actually meed to apply for EEA3 before I apply for my British Naturalization? I've been reading the page you sent me and I couldn't find anything saying that it's mandatory to apply for Permanent Residency before.
Thanks
Geo
Thanks very very much for all your help Obie,Obie wrote:That is exactly my point Geo UK, as i stated earlier. The evidence you already have will suffice. But rather than carrying those evidence around, you just having a Permanent Resident Certificate will be a better proof with less hassle.GeoUK wrote:Thanks again Obie,
So this means that I don't actually meed to apply for EEA3 before I apply for my British Naturalization? I've been reading the page you sent me and I couldn't find anything saying that it's mandatory to apply for Permanent Residency before.
Thanks
Geo
You don't need the EEA 3, but you can still apply for it, as it is more powerful than EEA1. When you are confirmed for EEA 3, you don't need to provide evidence of exercising treaty rights when you apply for your wife's resident card and you can claim state benefit, and it would be extremely hard for you to ever face deportation from the UK.
If you work on the life in the UK test and pass it, you can file in your citizenship application immediately.
Good luck my dear friend, and i wish you all the best with yours and your wife's application.
Please not that once you wife has been leaving with you for 5 Years in the UK, she will automatically qualify for Permanent Resident, regardless of when she applied for resident card.